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Smithkline Beecham Limited

Registered as SMITHKLINE BEECHAM LIMITED. Company number 02337959. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

53days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Smithkline Beecham Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 53% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 56 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 61 Dec 2020 66 Jun 2021 62 Dec 2021 65 Jun 2022 67 Dec 2022 63 Jun 2023 64 Dec 2023 64 Jun 2024 64 Dec 2024 56 Jun 2025 57 Dec 2025 53 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 22 Jul 2026 53 20%53%27%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 57 21%35%44%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 56 24%40%36%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 64 15%20%65%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 64 18%21%61%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 64 19%20%61%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 63 22%18%60%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 67 18%14%68%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 65 21%14%65%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 62 24%16%60%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 66 21%15%65%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 61 28%15%57%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 65 23%14%63%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 63 25%16%59%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 62 16%42%41%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 71 8%40%52%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 74 6%14%80%32% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.